Audio Active were one of the most successful reggae bands to come out of Japan, and were formed in 1991, comprising singer Masa, 2DD, Shigemoto Nanao and bassist Takeshi Akimoto. Masa had listened to reggae since he was a teenager, and had played (with 2DD) in the ska band Vital Connection, before taking his love of roots reggae and dub music and forming Audio Active, named after an album by Dennis Bovell. Adrian Sherwood began working with the band in 1992, and produced many of their recordings
